#CEC05A#CEC05A

#CEC05A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC05A
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -7.95, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 52.88, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0249 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1503, 51.5610, 17.1922)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC05A #5A68CE

analogous

#CE865A #CEC05A #A2CE5A

triadic

#CEC05A #5ACEC0 #C05ACE

tetradic

#CEC05A #5ACE86 #5A68CE #CE5AA2

square

#CEC05A #5ACE86 #5A68CE #CE5AA2

split-complementary

#CEC05A #5AA2CE #865ACE

monochromatic

#867A28 #B5A636 #CEC05A #DCD289 #EAE4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#CEC05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC05A

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC05A	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd28c',
    500: '#cec05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec05a;
$custom-light: #dfd28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79914,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC05A

secondary

#3F498D

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC05A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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